North West Northgate Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Northgate products and/or services in IT contracts within the North West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Northgate over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Northgate
Location Brentwood Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Lancashire London Manchester Middlesex North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Scotland South East South West Surrey UK West Midlands Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	120	144
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching contract IT job ads	11	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.016 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.732 %	0.104 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£179	-
Average daily rate	£179	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£179	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£333
% change on same period last year	-4.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.63	-
Average hourly rate	£23.80	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.97	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.30	£18.67
% change on same period last year	+51.60 %
Vendors North West
Matching contract IT job ads	1503	1923
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.125 %	1.947 %
Daily rates quoted	312	413
Average minimum daily rate	£337	£320
Average daily rate	£354	£339
% change on same period last year	+4.49 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	£354
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	215	197
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.52	£20.05
Average hourly rate	£22.88	£21.53
% change on same period last year	+6.29 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.25	£23.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.41	£24.34
% change on same period last year	+0.26 %
Northgate England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Northgate Information Solutions plc.

Northgate
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Northgate across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Northgate
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Northgate across the North West region.

Northgate
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Northgate across the North West region.

Northgate
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Northgate across the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Northgate
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Northgate within the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-	3	-	-
Cheshire	-	2	-	-
Lancashire	-	1	£179	-

Northgate England

Northgate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Northgate also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Northgate.

1 6 (42.86 %) Orchard 2 5 (35.71 %) CRM 2 5 (35.71 %) Front Office 3 4 (28.57 %) Migration 3 4 (28.57 %) Civica 3 4 (28.57 %) GAP Analysis 4 3 (21.43 %) Academy Housing 4 3 (21.43 %) Project Planning 4 3 (21.43 %) Anite 5 2 (14.29 %) Progress 4GL 5 2 (14.29 %) Progress 5 2 (14.29 %) SQL 5 2 (14.29 %) ITIL 5 2 (14.29 %) Comino 5 2 (14.29 %) Capita

5 2 (14.29 %) Stakeholder Management 6 1 (7.143 %) CMS 6 1 (7.143 %) Business Continuity 6 1 (7.143 %) Tandem 6 1 (7.143 %) Symposium 6 1 (7.143 %) IP Telephony 6 1 (7.143 %) Lagan 6 1 (7.143 %) PRINCE2 6 1 (7.143 %) Oracle 6 1 (7.143 %) Business Objects 6 1 (7.143 %) Cisco 6 1 (7.143 %) BusinessObjects 6 1 (7.143 %) Nortel 6 1 (7.143 %) Change Management 6 1 (7.143 %) Disaster Recovery

Northgate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Northgate also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Northgate. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (7.143 %) CMS	Business Applications 1 3 (21.43 %) Academy Housing 2 1 (7.143 %) arcHouse
Communications & Networking 1 1 (7.143 %) Symposium 1 1 (7.143 %) IP Telephony	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (7.143 %) BusinessObjects
General 1 5 (35.71 %) Front Office	Job Titles 1 11 (78.57 %) Analyst 2 6 (42.86 %) Business Analyst 3 5 (35.71 %) Support Analyst 4 3 (21.43 %) Applications Support 4 3 (21.43 %) Project Manager 4 3 (21.43 %) Applications Support Analyst 4 3 (21.43 %) IT Support Analyst 5 2 (14.29 %) Systems Support Analyst 5 2 (14.29 %) Systems Analyst 5 2 (14.29 %) Systems Support 6 1 (7.143 %) Senior Business Analyst 6 1 (7.143 %) Senior Analyst 6 1 (7.143 %) Implementation Manager 6 1 (7.143 %) Implementation Project Manager 6 1 (7.143 %) Business Project Manager 6 1 (7.143 %) Business Manager 6 1 (7.143 %) IT Business Analyst 6 1 (7.143 %) CRM Business Analyst 6 1 (7.143 %) Lead Business Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 1 (7.143 %) Tandem 1 1 (7.143 %) CCTV	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (35.71 %) CRM 2 4 (28.57 %) GAP Analysis 2 4 (28.57 %) Migration 3 3 (21.43 %) Project Planning 4 2 (14.29 %) Stakeholder Management 4 2 (14.29 %) ITIL 5 1 (7.143 %) PRINCE2 5 1 (7.143 %) Change Management 5 1 (7.143 %) Disaster Recovery 5 1 (7.143 %) Business Continuity
Programming Languages 1 2 (14.29 %) SQL 1 2 (14.29 %) Progress 4GL	Vendors 1 6 (42.86 %) Orchard 2 4 (28.57 %) Civica 3 3 (21.43 %) Anite 4 2 (14.29 %) Comino 4 2 (14.29 %) Capita 4 2 (14.29 %) Progress 5 1 (7.143 %) Cisco 5 1 (7.143 %) Nortel 5 1 (7.143 %) Oracle 5 1 (7.143 %) Business Objects 5 1 (7.143 %) Lagan